Urban Planet: Boston packs up City Hall in truck to go

Boston City Hall has decided to take their services on the road. This truck—which used to be a SWAT vehicle—has been transformed to offer constituents a multitude of services. The truck will roll into neighbourhoods across Boston, where most of the usual services will be offered, including birth/marriage/death certificates and the ability to pay parking tickets.

While food trucks and pop-up fashion trucks have been on the radar for quite some time, the City Hall to Go truck in Boston is the first of its kind.

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